LISTEN: Peoria landlords and historians Charles and LaDonna Bobbitt

Friday

Feb 10, 2017 at 12:44 PMFeb 10, 2017 at 1:58 PM

This week's guests on Steve Tarter's "Tarter Source" podcast on pjstar.com are Charles and LaDonna Bobbitt, a couple with a feel for history. The Bobbitts own the Greenhut mansion in Peoria, a magnificent home (now converted to apartments) built in 1884 by Joseph Greenhut, the whiskey baron who operated the nation's Whiskey Trust out of Peoria in the late 19th century. While acknowledging his collection of Peoria postcards — he has 1,500 of them — Bobbitt also talks fervently about Peoria's present — and future.